Broom-head



NITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

BROOM-HEAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 615,065, dated November 29, 1898. Application filed February 16, 1898. Serial No- 670,602. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM M. HALE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fredericktown, in the county of Madison and State of Missouri, have invented new and useful Improvements in Broom-Heads, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in broom-heads; and it consists in the particular construction and arrangement of the parts, as will be hereinafter described, and specifically pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate my invention, Figure 1 is a front elevation; Fig. 2, a side'elevation; Figs. 3 and 3% views of the side sections separated, and Figs. 4 and 5 transverse sectional views.

Myim proved broom-head is made up of two sections or castings, which when placed together clamp the broom-corn securely in place, so as to form a broom, one of the sections having formed integral therewith a socket for the handle, the sections being secured to each other by bolts, the handle being retained in the socket by a screw.

A refers to one of the sections of the broomholder, which is formed to present a socket on open at a slight distance above the bottom or lower end, there being present at the end of the socket a transverse walla, against which the end of the handle will abut. The socket is provided with a countersunk aperture for the reception of a wood-screw used to retain the handle in the socket, as brooms made with my improved broom-head are shipped without handles when so desired. By making the socket in one piece the handle can be rigidly attached thereto, and any strain applied to the handle will not tend to separate the sections; further, should the handle be broken off in the socket the opening at the base thereof provides means whereby the end can be readily removed. Below the socket the section A has a depending portion a intersected by an aperture, which is threaded, and at a suitable distance below, so as to be positioned near the center of the broom-head, is aninwardly-projecting portion a which is similarly threaded. The side portion of the section A is provided at its edge with a recess a and the sides diverge in one direction and converge in another direction, so as to provide an opening between the sections, the longitudinal walls converging and the side walls diverging.

The opposite section B is somewhat similar in construction to the section A, and it has projecting portions 12 6 which register with the portions a a when the sections are placed together. It also has on its upper end aprojecting portion adapted to lie over that portion of the broom-head which forms a part of the socket. The two sections of the broomhead are held securely together by bolts, said bolts serving to clamp between the sections the broom-corn. The sides of the section B are provided with shoulders I), which abut against the recess in the opposite section when the parts are secured together.

By reference to Fig. 2 of the drawings it will be seen that the broom-head is narrower at its lower end, through which the broomstraws project, and that the cavity in which the broom-corn is placed increases in area from the lower end of the head upward, said space receiving the butts or heavier portion of the corn. By shaping the sections as shown the butts of the broom-corn will be compressed and held securely in place, and the additional pressure, by reason of the 0011- traction of the sides of the sections at the lower end of the head, will clamp and hold the corn, so that it will be unnecessary to provide any auxiliary means for holding the straws together.

The sections being made of heavy material, as cast metal, are rigid or unyielding, and the bolts are utilized to draw the sections together upon the broom-corn and hold them in place. In practice the broom-corn is placed in the section having the external recess, as that section is of greater depth than the one which overlies the same.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- In a broom-head the combination with the section A having a socket formed integral therewith, the side edges and top having a marginal recess, threaded projections one een- In testimony whereof I have hereunto set trally located and the other adjacent to the my hand in presence of two subscribing witsocket; together with a section 13 having a nesses.

projecting edge I) and apertured portions 1) b WILLIAM M. HALE. 5 said section having at its upper end a portion \Vitnesses:

which overlies the partially-open lower end \V. P. STRAIT,

of the socket, substantially as shown. V. T. CHAMNEss. 

